Skype Goes Down, Millions of Voices Silenced

[teodoreh]

Mom, if you read this, skype is down and I can't call u. Please cook me meal, I'll pass by tomorrow..

 

[rdawise]

[citation][nom]solymnar[/nom]supernodes....mega-supernodes....what's next? Ultra-hyper-mega-supernodes?[/citation]

Yes but they would still be inferior to the super-kamehameha nodes....

 

[RADIO_ACTIVE]

thats one hell of a curse!

 

[husker]

"What are we doing to help? Our engineers are creating new ‘mega-supernodes’ as fast as they can, which should gradually return things to normal. This may take a few hours, and we sincerely apologise for the disruption to your conversations. Some features, like group video calling, may take longer to return to normal."

Since skype has no physical network, who's hardware is being used to perform as supernodes? This makes skype sound like it uses some kind of virus and botnet to maintain its infrastructure.

 

[Titanius]

[citation][nom]husker[/nom]Since skype has no physical network, who's hardware is being used to perform as supernodes? This makes skype sound like it uses some kind of virus and botnet to maintain its infrastructure.[/citation]

DUN DUN DUN!!!!

 

[DawnTreader777]

"Since skype has no physical network, who's hardware is being used to perform as supernodes? This makes skype sound like it uses some kind of virus and botnet to maintain its infrastructure."

i would bet that because skype is peer to peer that it uses everyone who has skype installed as a "supernode". i think i might be uninstalling skype soon and get back the hard drive space, CPU cycles and bandwidth they have been "borrowing".

 

[dokk2]

I can just see this happening in the not to distant future on some "cloud" thingy , no need to worry as to wether it is a moon or not, har, har, ...

 

[LordConrad]

We've dropped out of hyper-space into some kind of asteroid field!

 

[Von Death]

You Nerfherders!

 

[socrates047]

the title sounds depressing, suspenseful even

 

[c0oim4n]

[citation][nom]husker[/nom]Since skype has no physical network, who's hardware is being used to perform as supernodes? This makes skype sound like it uses some kind of virus and botnet to maintain its infrastructure.[/citation]

It's A Trap!

 

[x3style]

SKYNET -> SKYPE NET? 'Insert scary track'
It really did affect many, and me too i couldn't play my HoN games without skype.

 

[Guest]

mmognodes

 

[painis]

[citation][nom]DawnTreader777[/nom]"Since skype has no physical network, who's hardware is being used to perform as supernodes? This makes skype sound like it uses some kind of virus and botnet to maintain its infrastructure."i would bet that because skype is peer to peer that it uses everyone who has skype installed as a "supernode". i think i might be uninstalling skype soon and get back the hard drive space, CPU cycles and bandwidth they have been "borrowing".[/citation]
Forever alone.jpg

 

[verbalizer]

I'll just fly in my 'millennium falcon' to go see my friends, no skype..

 

[j127t]

Happened to me yesterday, tried to download skype several times throughout the day (because of a new build) and no go from their sites.

 

[jojesa]

As of today (12/23/2010 - 9:00 AM ET) the services is still down, since I'm unable to sing-in.
I could not sign-in yesterday, tried the whole afternoon.
I understand if it was down for a couple of hours, but soon it will be 24 hours without service.

 

[caparc]

Skype runs off half a dozen Dell desktop computers from the late 90's in the owners basement. The sewer backed up. The boxes are in the back yard drying, then he'll put them on some milk crates so that never happens again.

 

[caparc]

Skype runs off half a dozen Dell desktop computers from the late 90's in the owners basement. The sewer backed up. The boxes are in the back yard drying, then he'll put them on some milk crates so that never happens again.

 

[Guest]

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